WAN 2.7 Image is the image-generation side of the WAN family — Standard and Pro tiers, six aspect ratios, strong on cinematic compositions and atmospheric subjects. Same naming conventions and prompt language as WAN 2.7 Video.
WAN 2.7 Image is Alibaba's flagship image generation model — the image-side sibling of WAN 2.7 Video. Two tiers (Standard for everyday work, Pro for hero shots), six aspect ratios, and strong cinematic / atmospheric output by default. Same prompt language carries between WAN Image and WAN Video.
Standard tier is the production sweet spot — fast turnaround, strong quality, low credit cost. Pro tier trades cost for marginal extra fidelity, recommended for material-driven subjects (skin texture, fabric weave, food surface) and hero shots. Both tiers share the same aspect ratios and feature surface.
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Same family as 2.7 Video
WAN 2.7 Image produces strong cinematic output from sparse prompts — atmospheric lighting, painterly composition, photographic depth. Particularly good on landscape, architectural, and weather-driven subjects where atmosphere is the headline.
WAN 2.7 Image handles portraits with naturalistic skin texture, expression, and environmental composition. Pro tier sharpens skin and clothing detail further. Works for both documentary realism (artisans, tradespeople, candid) and editorial portraiture.
Strong on architecture — interior and exterior. Midcentury houses with floor-to-ceiling glass, modernist concrete, traditional vernacular. Pair time-of-day cue + lighting language for cinematic atmospheric shots.
Food editorial and lifestyle photography read clean — pasta texture, ceramic glaze, wood grain, fabric, glass. Pair 'food editorial photography' as an aesthetic anchor with explicit items and surfaces for restaurant-grade output.
Each example shows the exact prompt that produced the result. Copy any prompt with one click.
Standard · 16:9 · 1 credit
Cinematic wide shot of a lighthouse on a rocky cliff during a violent storm, massive waves crashing below, dramatic gray-green sky, the beam cutting through rain, painterly photoreal, hyper-detailed
16:9 cinematic + weather-driven dramatic atmospheric subject. WAN reads "cinematic wide shot" + "dramatic gray-green sky" as compositional and palette targets. The light-beam-through-rain element gives one cinematic detail to anchor the scene.
Standard · 3:4 · 1 credit
Photoreal portrait of a tattooed motorcycle mechanic in a sunlit garage, sleeve tattoos visible, wiping grease from hands with a rag, warm golden afternoon light, documentary photography style
"Documentary photography style" anchors framing toward naturalistic candid composition. WAN handles tattoo detail, grease, and warm afternoon light cleanly. Specific action ("wiping grease from hands") gives a clear pose rather than generic standing portrait.
Standard · 16:9 · 1 credit
Wide architectural shot of a midcentury modern house at twilight, warm interior lights glowing through floor-to-ceiling glass, deep blue sky transitioning to orange at the horizon, cool grass landscape
"Twilight" + "warm interior lights" + "deep blue sky transitioning to orange" — three lighting elements layered. WAN composes the warm-cool color contrast cleanly. Midcentury architecture is a strong genre match for WAN's atmospheric defaults.
Standard · 1:1 · 1 credit
Overhead flat lay of a traditional Italian pasta dinner — fresh tagliatelle with truffle, rustic bread, glasses of red wine on a weathered oak table, warm candlelight, food editorial photography
"Overhead flat lay" + named items + named surface + lighting anchor + genre anchor. WAN renders pasta texture, wine, bread crust, and oak grain cleanly at 1:1. "Food editorial photography" closes the prompt with composition direction.
Standard tier is the production sweet spot — fast, strong quality, low credit cost. Most production work lives here. Move to Pro only for hero shots where the marginal extra fidelity (skin texture, food surface, fabric weave) is visible.
Same prompt language works between WAN 2.7 Image and WAN 2.7 Video — 'painterly cinematic', 'atmospheric', 'documentary photography style', specific lighting cues. If you've prompted WAN Video, you already know the WAN Image vocabulary.
"Twilight, warm interior lights, deep blue sky transitioning to orange" — list lighting elements as a sequence (multi-source, transitional, color-graded). WAN composes the color contrast cleanly when given specific lighting structure.
"Cinematic", "atmospheric", "painterly photoreal", "documentary photography style" work better than camera-stack technical anchors. WAN responds to aesthetic vocabulary more reliably than equipment vocabulary.
"Fresh tagliatelle with truffle, rustic bread, red wine" beats "Italian dinner". List the specific items and the surface. WAN composes the layout intentionally when given specific ingredients/products to place.
16:9 for cinematic landscapes and architecture. 3:4 for portraits. 1:1 for food / product social. 9:16 for vertical / mobile. Generate at the right aspect — WAN composes differently per ratio.
| Setting | Values | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Model tier | Standard · Pro | Standard for production, Pro for hero shots with marginal extra fidelity. |
| Aspect ratio | 1:1 · 16:9 · 9:16 · 4:3 · 3:4 · 3:2 · 2:3 | Seven presets covering portrait/landscape/square. |
| Outputs | 1–4 per call | Each output counts as its own credit charge. |
| Seed | Integer (optional) | Pin for reproducibility across re-runs. |
| Negative prompt | String (optional) | Optional. Keep short and focused if used. |
| Pricing — Standard | 1 credit per image | Production sweet spot. |
| Pricing — Pro | Higher (resolution-scaled) | For hero shots and material-driven subjects. |
Same family, different modality. WAN 2.7 Image generates static images; WAN 2.7 Video generates clips. Same Alibaba family aesthetic carries across. Same prompt language works for both — useful when you want the same aesthetic in your static and motion content.